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tree house cake part one

1h 9m

The link to the Google document with the exact size of the inspiration photo Shawna used for this project is here...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tjVB6VPXpjQkwb2xj93kj-Sur74TEqxIWt4c4kNWQ-g/edit?usp=sharing
When you want to change the size of the inspiration photo on one of my shared documents
OR when an inspiration photo has to be printed larger than an 8.5x11, it gets a little tricky when doing it from your home computer, so follow these directions:

First, click on the Google Doc link that I've provided. (Or insert your own photo into a new Google document). You'll need to have a google account to complete the next steps, so if you want to print from these google docs I add, it's a good idea to setup a google account.
Ok, after you click on the link and the photo has opened in the document, click "file" in the upper left hand corner.
A menu drops down... then click on "make a copy". A box pops up where you can give the file a name and designate which folder in your google drive you'd like to save it to. It should then automatically open up that copied document for you.
You should be able to edit that document, changing its size and such (you can only view the original that I posted.) To print out a very large photo, on that new document you'll have print it out in sections and then move the photo around (without changing it's size) and print out remaining sections. For example, in the eagle cake tutorial, I would print out the wing section you see first, and then start moving it to get to the other areas. In order to move it, you first need to click on the picture. A blue box should appear around it.
Then, click the "crop image" icon up in the tool bar. It will show you the full picture, and you can then drag it to a new section to print out.
Once you've dragged the photo and decided the next section to print, click the "crop image" icon again
and then you can click on the printer icon in the tool bar to print out that section.
You should be able to continue to hit the crop button and move the picture around to each new section to print out until you've printed the entire photo...and then piece it together and attach with tape!

For this project I used:
1, 8" half sphere cake layer

1, 6" round layer, 3" tall and baked in a 4" deep pan
1 batch of modeling chocolate
1 batch of ganache
1 batch of Super Easy Meringue Buttercream (with a lot left over)
crumbly edible moss
spongy edible moss

Structure components used:
1/2" thick medium density fiberboard, (14"x14" for the bottom board, 8" round for the cake board in the tree)

1/4" end cap, black iron
1/4" close nipple (3 needed)
1/4" coupling (3 needed)
drill a 5/8" hole into the bottom board, offset, and another one in the center of the tree board
1/4" x 6" nipple pipe
1/4", 90 degree elbow (4 needed)
1/4" x 2" nipple pipe (2 needed)
1/4" close nipple
1/4" x 1.5" nipple pipe
1/4" x 3" nipple pipe

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LINKS & SUPPLIES

Other links:
- Related tutorial: crumbly edible moss (no separate video available)
- Related tutorial: spongy edible moss: https://cakeheads.vhx.tv/videos/spongy-edible-moss
- Related recipe reference: Chocolate Ganache, Section 3 (Making Ganache) of the Fundamentals Course: https://cakeheads.vhx.tv/videos/cakeheads-session-three

RECIPES
- SUPER Easy Meringue Buttercream (Vanilla or Chocolate!)
- White Almond Sour Cream Cake (WASC)
- Chocolate Sour Cream Cake
- Modeling Chocolate
- Chocolate Ganache (and how to adjust the ratio for white chocolate ganache too!)

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tree house cake part one

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